11:14 PM,
Dec. 27, 2012

Baby Jesus is back at the Baxter County Courthouse after it turned up missing last week. The figure was found Wednesday.

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The baby Jesus is safely back in the manger scene at the Baxter County Courthouse after going missing last week during a storm, according to a report by Baxter County deputy Kristofer Savino.

Matt Sanders, assistant maintenance superintendent for Baxter County, said he noticed the baby Jesus was missing following last week's storm which brought heavy winds.

"When I got here after the storm, the wind had knocked over the Christmas tree and one of the wise men," Sanders said. "Then I noticed the baby Jesus was missing. It weighs about 15 pounds, so there's no way the wind blew it away." ...